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The Articulate Autistic

@articulateautistic.bsky.social

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Autistic Communication Translator/Author of “Before You Fire Them” - Out Now|Pissed-off Liberal 💙

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The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'm SO thrilled with the early reviews of my new book!

"This book is a godsend!"

"This book will revolutionize your understanding of your autistic employees in an afternoon."

"This book isn't just a primer; it's a bridge."

www.thearticulateautistic.com/before-you-f...

#Autism #ActuallyAutistic

Early Reviews of "Before You Fire Them" by Jaime A. Heidel - The Articulate Autistic

Before You Fire Them is the latest translation guide by autistic author, Jaime A. Heidel. Understand your autistic employees like never before!

www.thearticulateautistic.com

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The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 18d

As someone who has acid reflux so bad, it landed me in the hospital, I empathize

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Sis. Petty Shabazz @deelo502.bsky.social · 19d

Because neurodivergent people are so literal and honest, we get mislabeled as rude, sassy, or smart-mouthed when we’re actually just being exact.

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The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 18d

Right? lol

The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

It is an autistic thing. When two autistic people talk to each other, they talk over and around each other but understand the conversation. NT people need to take turns, or it’s confusing and disorienting to them. They also use subtle social cues we autistics don’t always pick up on

The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you for accepting her as she is 😊

The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

Legit!

The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

She shouldn’t be beaten up because she’s a human being, but people seem to forget about that in the neurology discourse 🤦‍♀️ (not you, them)

The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

Can confirm

The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

With puns like that, we love you, too haha 😉

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The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

Bingo! So annoying

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✨gemsky✨ @gemvolsky.bsky.social · 19d

It is important for us to reduce the symptoms of autistic trauma, but if we try to do that in a space where connection and acceptance is systematically denied from us, we will have an intensely painful experience of rejection.

Autistic Traits vs Autistic Trauma — Trauma Geek

Healing developmental trauma does not make an autistic person more typical. Trauma interventions can increase an autistic person's atypical behaviors as they re-connect with their genetically divergen...

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The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

#relate

The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

Wait…really? Medically barred?

The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

Yep 🤣

The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

She *so* is!

The Articulate Autistic @articulateautistic.bsky.social · 19d

Oof!

🦋 Phenomenally Autistic 🦋| Ayanna Sanaa Davis @ayannasanaa.bsky.social · 20d

Autistic people shouldn’t be pressured or expected to just ‘bounce back’ from burnout 👌🏽

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Semi-Verbal Autistic 🌈 @autisticventing.bsky.social · 19d

being an autistic teenager meant that I was the opposite of most teenagers:

♾️ instead of rebellious, I was cautious and scared of everything

♾️ I couldn't go to parties or use a bus by myself

♾️ I wanted to be alone in my bedroom, not socialising